Show nil KINGS KICS ti inri 1 items from cap sai d Isla island ildi editor the tha monotony of hawaiian lito lif is just Us i now disturbed by the birth tiny of king kalakaua Kals kaua ile he wits was fifty years old on the instant the colo bration extends over two weeks a and nathe tha legislature having atea 1500 1600 to defray the expenses exten alye prepa preparations preparation ratio n 6 havo have been gold goin on 01 lor some time hi m biow of f making a grand rand display the pro gramme gramma a advertised f verti ged a week ago acrel ere I 1 abed great excitement all over the group extending even to the haole bud aud quite a number ol of us are hot liere J ith 6 DO other excuse than to ta witness bitnes tho ahn tub fuh I 1 edid nv treich here on the but from kauiha where we wore were staying we could hear boar the roaring t of the cannon on I panch bowl hill just above the city the ahe greater part of 0 the days on en consisted of 0 the hook upa B general or I 1 reception at which all wore W to bring their makaras ma kacas or gifts laho ih palace a 4 beautiful buil dili g costing wab was with tap be pat national ional coli coll ora and opened for moral haars hoars duri ing the day ta tho taepu public ablio who throngs ed ad its lovely apartments to view their rich and costly furniture and some of the most moat and novel gifts that had abben arrain ged for exhibition the ilia presents froni from his hia Maje hawaiian s consisted ot of nearly ever every thi thing n g thu that one CO could uld imagine hat hatband band ild f feathers eathela kahil kabilis Ka hilis is cali bashes dried fish pigs cattle etc etc ship loads of such ench articles are said to have bays arrived fro roia different parts or of the island faw freight having hating been paid on pigs piga alone at one dollar per head these are not to survive long as they ore are t ta grace a libau this coming areek th thai is is to be gotten vp tip in true native natif style in the evening although ther was wa rain raiD the lurid g ghate re of the rocket could be seen been shooting fat fai I 1 into th sky while from the top of thi the red fire shown in in beautiful C con treat against the abe lowering clouds on wednesday despite the driz ling rain thousands thou sanda of people assem bled on the wharfs to witness the boat races the harbor waa was dotted here and there with small steamers which abich cratit ran hither and their passengers pasa engers to difiore men a convenient points for observation as the races wenton went on first come came tho the yachts and while w bile tho the speed of the little crafts were being tested for far out of the bay on the open sea the spectators wore were amused by watching boat races in the harbor the ibe days doings closed by mi a swimming and diving match the champion swimmer making the dis tance yards in IB 1 4 minutes a speed of over two and a hall half miles per hour the moat interesting feature of the affair so far was the historical procession that moved out of the palace arounds grounds this morning their native band and of conk ancient war ships their manner of fishing the native dance and the tha exhibition of their ancient all wore were in te represented the festive native tike like his white brother jm im agines he ha cannot get all 11 the enjoy ment out a festival wit without in ont ginning up a little which has become notor actor lonely bously common since silica the repeal of the prohibitory statute and passage ofa of a Fro license I 1 conse law it is is not uncommon now to see women drunk on the street as well as men the native however does not cob appear to be so BO windy as the white man and there tore fore saves himself a great deal of trouble such as a broken head a nights lodging at government ex pense ense and au an interview with judge li ic erton kerton the tha legislature legis latare just adjourned W which aich was composed mostly of natives reached the climax of their do ings by passing an act licensing the alle of opium this undoubtedly is is a top step in the wrong direction not many years ago age no dealer in in liquor was permitted to sell or otherwise a of his drag to a native haw atilan under a heavy penalty but at present restraint of 0 every kind is re moved and he is permitted to destroy f with the all modern dispatch as aa it if the natural decay in in the nation was not sweeping him out oat of exist once ance fast enough tho the financial out look of the court caun try is is not very flattering little fear seems to be entertained concerning the abrogation of the tb treaty with the united blates but the continuation of the low price of sugar sagar and 8 spices 1 the principal ei a I 1 products makes plant era ai look k blue e it II is is only with the closest economy that many of the sugar engar mills continue to run some of them are in in arrears but dread to shut down for fear of not not being able to start up again A few however that have the very best facilities facil ites are still making a fair profit on invest monts d anything any thing transpire to render reade these two industries wholly unprofitable tho the year yearly I 1 r receipt ecsi I 1 0 of athe the rovern government ment would a sudden adden FY fy drop from a million dollars to a moro mer pittance J rl ams |